Lecturer Jobs

Lecturer
UK

The median Lecturer salary in the UK is £37,643 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 682 860 925
Rank change year-on-year +178 +65 +286
Permanent jobs requiring a Lecturer 29 50 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.049% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.052% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 7 45 39
10th Percentile £34,474 £30,400 £31,973
25th Percentile £35,090 - £35,333
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,643 £40,000 £43,251
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% -7.52% +26.08%
75th Percentile £40,165 - £46,168
90th Percentile £40,750 - £48,153
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,001 £40,000 £43,251
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.52% +11.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Lecturer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Lecturer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lecturer in the UK

Lecturer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lecturer.

Salary trend for Lecturer in the UK

Lecturer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lecturer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +138 29 £37,643 -5.89% 37
UK excluding London +171 24 £38,001 -5.00% 24
North of England +51 15 £39,500 +23.44% 13
Work from Home +129 12 - - 3
Yorkshire +67 9 - - 1
Midlands +66 9 £36,503 -27.00%
West Midlands +68 7 - -
North West +6 6 £39,500 +23.44% 12
London +122 5 £37,643 -24.71% 16
East Midlands - 2 £36,503 -

Lecturer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Lecturer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Lecturer in the job title.

1 19 (65.52%) Degree
2 14 (48.28%) Artificial Intelligence
2 14 (48.28%) Computer Science
2 14 (48.28%) PhD
2 14 (48.28%) Master's Degree
3 12 (41.38%) PayPal
3 12 (41.38%) Chatbot
3 12 (41.38%) Conversational UI
4 11 (37.93%) Chemistry
5 10 (34.48%) Local Government
6 9 (31.03%) Postgraduate
6 9 (31.03%) Finance
6 9 (31.03%) Data Science
6 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (20.69%) DBS Check
8 5 (17.24%) Mathematics
9 4 (13.79%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
10 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
10 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (10.34%) Social Media
10 3 (10.34%) QA
10 3 (10.34%) Statistics
10 3 (10.34%) Marketing
10 3 (10.34%) Legal
11 2 (6.90%) CMS
11 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (6.90%) Python
11 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP

Lecturer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) CMS
1 2 (6.90%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (41.38%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (6.90%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) GCP
2 2 (6.90%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) DNS
1 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.45%) eduroam
2 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) MongoDB
1 2 (6.90%) MySQL
1 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
General
1 10 (34.48%) Local Government
2 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (10.34%) Legal
4 3 (10.34%) Marketing
5 2 (6.90%) Esports
5 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) AngularJS
1 2 (6.90%) CSS
1 2 (6.90%) Django
1 2 (6.90%) HTML
1 2 (6.90%) Node.js
1 2 (6.90%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Social Media
2 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Artificial Intelligence
1 14 (48.28%) Computer Science
2 12 (41.38%) Conversational UI
3 11 (37.93%) Chemistry
4 9 (31.03%) Data Science
5 5 (17.24%) Mathematics
6 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (10.34%) Statistics
8 2 (6.90%) Analytics
8 2 (6.90%) Biology
8 2 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (6.90%) Creative Thinking
8 2 (6.90%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (6.90%) Physics
8 2 (6.90%) SEO
8 2 (6.90%) Web Development
9 1 (3.45%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) C#
1 2 (6.90%) C++
1 2 (6.90%) Java
1 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
1 2 (6.90%) PHP
1 2 (6.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (65.52%) Degree
2 14 (48.28%) Master's Degree
2 14 (48.28%) PhD
3 9 (31.03%) Postgraduate
4 6 (20.69%) DBS Check
5 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
1 3 (10.34%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) PayPal
2 2 (6.90%) Google